The Feds’ $95-million Breastfeeding Boondoggle
American Thinker; July 19, 2010“Breastfeeding requires the assembly of two working parts: a mouth and a nipple. Leave it to government to build layers of bureaucracy to encourage something humans know how to do instinctively.”

British ‘Health Police’ Crack Down on Seemingly Healthy Children(We’re Next, America!)
National Post (Canada); July 19, 2010“Grace Hill is an active five-year-old who loves to swim, dance and ride her bike, while her mom, Laura, makes sure she eats a balanced diet. Now the elementary school student in Derby, England, has been branded overweight and at risk of a host of illnesses including cancer.”

Ticketed Without Notice
WBBJTV.com (Tenn.); July 19, 2010“In the city of Selmer a new officer is on duty. He is not a car, not a bike, but literally on the street. In fact, it is not a person at all, it is a speed camera and it is catching drivers by the thousands.”

Australian Sex Party to Launch National Election Campaign
XBIZ Newswire; July 19, 2010“The three major parties — Labor, Liberal and Greens — have become so bogged down in debating other important issues like tax, immigration and climate change that they have totally ignored important personal issues like censorship, dying, gender, drugs, abortion and sex abuse,” said the Party’s president Fiona Patten.

Big Government is Wobbly
Tenth Amendment Center; July 15, 2010“Big Government. Collectivism. Central authority. Corporatism, fascism, socialism, etc. Call it what you want, but it’s an overbearing master, operating in the name of we-know-best-and-we’ll-take-care-of-you type of government.”

Two States to Commence Ban on “Phosphate-laden” Dish Soaps Thursday
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; June 28, 2010“Dennis Griesing, vice president of government affairs for the American Cleaning Institute, said low-phosphate formulas available in 2008 did not work as well in hard water, so some shoppers in Spokane, Wash. had been crossing into Idaho to buy dishwasher soap with phosphates.”

Junk Science Defeated as BPA Baby Bottle Ban Fails
ABC30.com (Calif.); June 28, 2010“The collective data from international scientific bodies has concluded that BPA is safe as used,” said Tim Shestek, senior director of the American Chemistry Council.

Hawaiians Disapprove of Conveniently Timed Ban on Fireworks
HawaiiNewsNow.com; June 28, 2010“A new poll shows, a majority of Hawaii residents are against a ban on fireworks … This comes after the Governor signed a bill into law last Tuesday, that lets counties put stricter regulations on fireworks than the state.”

Early to Bed… to Cut Carbon Dioxide
Heritage Foundation; June 26, 2010“For environmentalists to get the carbon dioxide cuts they desire, they need people to dramatically change their behavior.”

Video Game Decisions Best Left to Parents
Northwest Herald (Ill.); June 26, 2010“To put it in the simplest of terms: keeping adult-oriented materials out of children’s hands is the job of parents and guardians – not Big Brother.”

State Hazes New Drivers with Warning Labels
New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission; May 5, 2010Teens (or any new driver) in New Jersey must affix decals to their license plates advertising to motorists and police that they are inexperienced drivers.

Day Care Feeding Law Would Threaten North Carolina Parents’ Rights
AP via The Daily Reflector (N.C.); June 24, 2010“The [state-mandated] nutrition standards would bar serving sugar-sweetened beverages, flavored milk, or more than six ounces of juice.” Parents would have no say in the matter of what their own children eat at day care.

The Absurdity of Net Neutrality
NewsBlaze.com; June 24, 2010“Network neutrality is a major shift of power from individual consumers to the federal government. Little wonder high-ranking government officials support it.”

This is page an ongoing effort by the Nanny State Liberation Front to expose and promote freedom-loving Americans’ overwhelming opposition to Nanny State policies and the big government bureaucrats who craft them. If you see a poll worth noting, please email us: info[at]nannystateliberationfront.com

Americans Strongly Oppose Big Government Assaults on Their Health and Diets

Seventy percent of Americans oppose a national tax on all non-diet soft drinks. Eighty percent of those ages 18-29 don’t like the idea, either.
Rasmussen Reports; January 20-21, 2009

Sixty percent of New York voters oppose Gov. David Paterson’s (D) proposal to tax non-diet soft drinks.
Quinnipiac University Poll; December 17-21, 2008

Ninety percent of American voters believe that lawsuits targeting restaurants for the problems of overweight, obesity, and heart disease are frivolous and should be dismissed.
National Restaurant Association; October 2003